better doing
Happiness is two scales.
“[H]appiness and unhappiness are two separate, independent scales. A good life requires tackling each one separately.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
There’s a new mood ring company in town.
“The product: A high tech ring that detects stress and helps the wearer reduce it.” They just announced $60 million in series A funds and the product has not yet launched. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
T-Mobile + Starlink.
“T-Mobile and SpaceX have announced that Starlink satellites launched next year will be able to connect directly to the carrier’s phones over existing cellular bands.” This is almost entirely PR clickbait, as there remain technical challenges. But maybe one day […]
tech, startups, internet
BeReal should BeWorried.
A new social network is taking the world by storm. BeReal offers 8 million daily users only 2 minutes, at random, to share a photo that uses both front and back cameras with their friends. “Viral photo app BeReal has […]
fun facts
Creative people.
I just learned of a very popular YouTube creator called SSSniperWolf. In this video, you can watch her reactions side-by-side with a set of creative videos (i.e., a person painting their car to look like a cartoon). It’s about a […]
fun facts
Strategic lawsuit against public participation.
“A SLAPP suit … is a civil claim filed against an individual or an organization, arising out of that party’s speech or communication to government about an issue of public concern.” | learn more
fun facts
This 500-pound tortoise has been escaping zoos for decades.
A video. “You might think “Rocket” is a funny name for slow moving tortoise. But the 90-year-old, 500-pound tortoise is a master escape artist who has broken out of enclosures at two different zoos.“ | learn more
on the blockchain
Bitcoin’s longest-serving Lead Maintainer calls it quits, names no successor.
“Van der Laan is the second successor to Satoshi Nakamoto and is one of the few people in the world with final commit access to Bitcoin Core’s GitHub.”
on the blockchain
Celsius, brr.
Fun stuff from bankruptcy court. The company is screwed, but they have a crypto mining operation, and they want to continue to invest in it despite being screwed. “That’s the thing about bankruptcy that’s oh so beautiful. A company can […]
on the blockchain
Ethereum’s very own death pit.
“In other words, certainly individual users of Ethereum can fall into the death pit by either sending ETH to a sanctioned address or receiving ETH from one. That much seems clear. But what about US-based miners or validators who add […]